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Today marks the 8th anniversary of the day Delaney Bramlett died, and those who are well versed in rock history know what a blow that was to the world of music. For those of you who don’t know Bramlett or his accomplishments in the realm of rock ‘n’ roll, well, that’s what we’re here for. When the website Swampland.com ran its obituary for Bramlett, the headline read, “The Death of a Southern Legend,” and that’s absolutely a fair description of the man. He started his career as a singer-songwriter in the early 1960s, working and writing alongside future stars like Mac Davis and Jackie DeShanno

On this day in 1992, one of the great blues guitarists of the 20th century died. He was born with the last name of Nelson, but when he started his music career in earnest, he opted to use only his first and middle names: Albert King. In celebration of his life and career, we invite you to give his classic album BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN another spin – or possibly a first spin if you’ve never gotten around to listening it – but we’ve also got a six-pack of other interesting appearances that King made over the course of his career, so that you can get a feel for just how respected his guitar skills

On this day in 1918, the world was first graced with the presence of Henry Roeland Byrd, but fans of the boogie-woogie piano legend generally tend to know him by a more colorful sobriquet. Professor Longhair. Although his music was a little too quirky to result in any platinum-selling LPs, his work helped inspire such fellow piano-pounding legends as Dr. John, Fats Domino, Huey “Piano” Smith, and Allen Toussaint. To celebrate his birthday, we’ve put together a playlist which combines his two NEW ORLEANS PIANO albums, but we’ve also pulled together a six-pack of tracks to help expand your knowl

55 years ago this month, Jimmy Witherspoon released his classic album ‘SPOON, which provides us with an opportunity to take a…DEEP DIVE! Jimmy Witherspoon was a jump blues legend, and if that particular phrase tells you nothing about his music, then let’s try this: the stuff Jimmy was playing back in the day isn’t so terrible far removed from the sounds you were hearing during the short-lived swing revival in the late 1990s. Over the course of his career, he recorded with a host of talented folks, including – but in no way limited to – Long John Baldry, Count Basie, Eric Burdon, Dick Morrissey

12 years ago today, the world lost one of the greatest DJs of all time: John Peel. For Americans, Peel may be best known as the man whose radio program gave birth to an ongoing series of in-studio performances by some of the most notable names in alternative music: the Peel Sessions. But Peel was much more than just a typical DJ. His opinions were held in such high regard that he could effectively make or break an artist with his remarks. Thankfully, it can be safely said that he made far more artists than he broke, with his shows regularly offering wide and varied playlists which included pop

31 years ago today, Dire Straits ascended to the pinnacle of Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart with a whole lot of help from a song extolling the virtues of rock stardom, specifically the ability to “get your money for nothing and your chicks for free.” Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits’ fifth album, was written almost entirely by frontman Mark Knopfler, with the only exception arriving via the song referenced in the opening paragraph of this piece: “Money for Nothing” is actually credited to Knopfler and Sting, who famously sang the refrain, “I want my MTV!” And, hey, good for him: given that the

42 years ago today, Roberta Flack found herself atop the Billboard Hot 100 for the third time in her career, this time with a composition by Eugene McDaniels. Released a full nine months before the album sharing its title hit record store shelves, “Feel Like Makin’ Love” was actually produced by Flack herself, albeit under a pseudonym (Rubina Flake), but in an interview with JazzWax, she was quick to credit the song’s musicians as a significant reason for its tremendous success. “When Gene [McDaniels] first called and sang his song to me, he just strummed it,” said Flack. “I basically had that

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